US Patent Counsel, Litigation

TikTok • Full-time • Los Angeles, CA, US • $162.13k - $303.24k / year • 2w ago

Responsibilities

Company Summary:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us:

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

About The Team:

Our Global Legal team provides key support for all TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We enable our technology and business teams' vision through integrated legal guidance and support. The Global Litigation & Antitrust team, a global subject matter expertise team within the Global Legal group, handles litigation matters involving TikTok and related businesses in all regions in which TikTok operates.

We are looking for an experienced US patent litigation lawyer to work on patent litigation, pre-litigation patent analysis & license disputes, competitor analysis, risk assessment, and risk mitigation. This position will report to our senior patent counsel. Candidates should have US patent litigation experience, a growth mindset, and be able to collaborate with global cross-functional teams, and learn new software and hardware technologies quickly.

This position provides candidates with a unique opportunity to be part of a growing global legal team and collaborate with our elite engineers, business teams, risk & compliance, financial and policy teams on cutting-edge patent issues critical to protecting our fantastic products and innovations in a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment.

Responsibilities

Analyze patent claim charts and technologies; develop non-infringement and invalidity defenses; assess risk; manage outside counsel and budgets.
Collaborate with our Global Legal, engineering, product development, human resources, finance, and business teams on patent litigation, pre-litigation patent analysis & licensing, competitor analysis, risk assessment, and risk mitigation.
Provide patent risk training for multiple teams and answer their questions.
Provide pragmatic, business-focused, solution-oriented legal advice and guidance, and respond promptly on patent matters.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school, and member of a U.S. state bar.
Experience at a top law firm and/or in-house legal department with patent litigation experience.
Experience with the Internet, mobile apps, mobile devices, and the software industry.
Excellent writing and organizational skills, with an ability to prioritize multiple urgent projects.
Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, creative, risk-based approach to problem-solving.
Experience working collaboratively and cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment, with tight turn-around times and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

Entrepreneurial mindset, flexible, self-starting, hard-working, with an ability to work across multiple time zones. Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.
Technical background in source code, the Internet, AI, cloud computing, and data center & server industry would be preferred.
High emotional intelligence, maturity, and judgment.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162133 - $303240 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our Company Benefits Are Designed To Convey Company Culture And Values, To Create An Efficient And Inspiring Work Environment, And To Support Our Employees To Give Their Best In Both Work And Life. We Offer The Following Benefits To Eligible Employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
Exercising sound judgment.